Skeptic's retort

The answer

IBET

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IBET answer page.

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ASIF (4 uses in xd)
• MYEYE (2 uses in xd)
• NAMEONE (1 uses in xd)
• SAYSWHO (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for IBET

Every other clue in this collection answered by IBET, most used first.

• "Yeah, right!" - used 238 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yeah, sure!" - used 143 times, most recently in 2026
• "A likely story!" - used 102 times, most recently in 2026
• "Oh, sure!" - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Skeptical comment - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Skeptic's comment - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "As if!" - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Skeptic's scoff - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• "Suuure" - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• "Su-u-ure" - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "That'll be the day!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fat chance!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Sarcastic reply - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Sarcastic response - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• "Likely story!" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Skeptic's remark - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Skeptical reply - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sounds about right" - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sure..." - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Sure, sure" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Not likely!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Skeptical remark - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "A likely story!" (2 wds.) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Suuuure" - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• "Yeah, right" (2 wds.) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• "Yeah, whatever!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Schoolyard retort - AMSO, used 17 times
• "Are not!" retort - AMSO, used 15 times
• Playground retort - AMSO, used 13 times
• Retort to "Are not!" - AMSO, used 11 times
• Skeptic's grain - SALT, used 11 times
• Bratty retort - SASS, used 7 times

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